| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Lake - Inland body of standing water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SE of 100 Mile House, N of Bonaparte Lake, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°30'24"N, 120°44'09"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92P/10 |
| Related Maps: |
92P/10 92P/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 July 1914; published in 15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled "Franguil Lake" on Epner's 1862 map of the Gold Regions of British Columbia [assumed to be a cartographic error: note that Tranquille is correctly spelled elsewhere on Epner's map, referring to the river flowing into Kamloops Lake] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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In the fur trade era the brigade trail to Fort Alexandria went up the North Thompson to the present Little Fort, and across by Bridge Lake to Green Lake and Lac la Hache. Possibly some kind of bridge was erected across a marshy spot; more probably the name refers to the long land bridge between the North Thompson and Fraser River systems. Source: Place Names of the Kamloops District; Kamloops Museum, 1978 |